ASER-2024 paints grim picture of infrastructural gaps in J&K schools

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84% Pry schools accommodate 1st grade kids with other students

Srinagar, Jan 29: Bellying the tall claims of the successive regimes, the latest Annual Status of Education Report (ASER)-2024 has painted a grim picture of the infrastructural gaps in government-run schools in Jammu and Kashmir.

The survey findings have also pointed out government's failure in increasing the enrollment in schools at primary level besides exposing poor learning outcomes of the students at the primary and the Upper primary level in government schools.

The latest ASER-2024 report was released on January 28 in New Delhi. The survey has been compiled on basis of the data collected during door to door campaign conducted in 19 districts of Jammu and Kashmir ascertain the factual position of the schools.

The ASER-2024 has pointed out that the 1st primary kids in 84 percent primary schools are accommodated with the students of other classes while the students of 2nd primary are accommodated with students of other classes in 83% percent schools.

The ASER-2024 findings have revealed that 92.8 percent primary schools have less than 60 students on rolls and the number of schools with such enrollment has increased from 88.7 percent in 2018 and 86.9 percent in 2022.

At Upper Primary level, 44 percent government schools have 60 or less students enrolled in the institutions.

The ASER findings have also exposed the government over its claims of improving learning outcomes of the students as the only 21.8 percent students of class 5th primary in government schools are able to read the text of 2nd primary level.

The learning outcome of the 5th students who were able to read 2nd primary level text in government schools was 24.3 percent 2018.

The situation in Upper Primary schools is no different as only 47 percent students in class 8th are able to read the 2nd primary level text. The percentage has decreased from 55.5 percent observed in 2018 and 50.2 percent observed in 2022.

The latest National Survey has further reported that in 2024, nationally, 67 percent of children aged three years and 58 percent of children aged four were enrolled in Anganwadis in rural India.

"In Jammu and Kashmir 64.9 percent of children aged three years and 37.7 percent of children aged four years were enrolled in Anganwadis in 2024," the ASER-2024 has revealed.

The survey has further depicted that the “underage” enrollment has dropped between 2022 and 2024, especially in government schools in Jammu and Kashmir.